<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 36-25. - Definition of subdivision.</div>
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               The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the
               meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates
               a different meaning:
               
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               <span class="ital">Subdivision.</span>
               
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                  (1)
                  
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                  The term "subdivision" means all divisions of a tract or parcel of land into two or
                  more lots, building sites, or other divisions for the purpose of sale or building
                  development (whether immediate or future) and includes all divisions of land involving
                  the dedication of a new street or road or a change in existing streets or roads.
                  
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                  (2)
                  
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                  The term "subdivision" does not include the following, nor shall the following be
                  subject to the regulations authorized by this chapter:
                  
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                  a.
                  
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                  The combination or recombination of portions of previously subdivided and recorded
                  lots, if:
                  
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                  1.
                  
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                  The total number of lots is not increased; and
                  
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                  2.
                  
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                  The resultant lots are equal to or exceed the county standards as required by this
                  chapter
                  
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                  b.
                  
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                  The division of land into parcels greater than ten acres if no streets, roads or right-of-ways
                  are involved;
                  
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                  c.
                  
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                  The public acquisition by purchase of strips of land for widening or opening streets
                  or roads;
                  
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                  d.
                  
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                  The division of a tract in single ownership whose entire area is no greater than two
                  acres into no more than three lots, if no new street right-of-way dedication is involved
                  and if the resultant lots are equal to or exceed the county standards as required
                  by this chapter;
                  
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                  e.
                  
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                  The division of property belonging to the heirs or devisees of a single individual
                  or two common parents when such property is divided only for the settlement of the
                  estate and not for sale as building sites;
                  
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                  f.
                  
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                  Cemeteries;
                  
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                  g.
                  
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                  A conveyance of a parcel of land to an adjoining landowner out of a larger parcel
                  so long as the residual parcel meets the county standards as required by this chapter
                  or if the residual parcel did not meet the said standards before the conveyance, the
                  conveyance does not exacerbate the nonconformity;
                  
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                  h.
                  
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                  Any conveyance that would otherwise create a minor subdivision wherein the deed or
                  other instrument conveying the land in question states on its face in bold type of
                  at least 15-point size type. "This conveyance does not meet the standards of the Hyde
                  County Subdivision Ordinance. This lot may or may not be eligible to be improved or
                  developed";
                  
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                  i.
                  
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                  Court ordered maps or subdivisions; and
                  
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                  j.
                  
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                  Devises.
                  
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               (Ord. No. 85, art. II, Â§ 1, 3-6-2000; Ord. No. 2008-10-02, art. 3(art. II, Â§ 1), 11-3-2008)
               
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